Cardinals

"When a cardinal appears in your yard, it's a visitor from heaven." Author Unknown Red holiday bright feathers contrast against the white snow While most birds fly south your beauty now steals the show You appear at my feeders, loudly singing your distinctive cheer Your beautiful mate must be close by and will soon be near Beautiful muted brownish tan feathers soon appear beside you She sings her cheerful song, while preening dirty feathers new Feasting on black sunflower seeds this early winter morning Territorial chirps soon emit for all other birds to take warning A snow squall starts to blow heavy snow all around Your red is barely visible now but not your loud sound The feeders are now snow covered and with no birds to see Red and brown feathers gone but now singing up high in a tree 10/6/19 Contest: Writing Challenge - October 2019, Bird Sponsor: Dear Heart - Wiishkobi Ode